An Olympian raced a trainSourced
His next rival was a train.
He reportedly arrived eight hours ahead.
After competing at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Ecuadorian distance runner Alberto Jarrín challenged a train traveling from Quito to Ibarra. According to an account of his life, he reached the destination eight hours before the train.
After the Olympics,
a race against the timetable.
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